"To educate the wise man, the State..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A man complained that on his way home to dinner he had every day to pass through that long field of his neighbor's. I advised him to buy it, and it would never seem long again.”

“Go where he will, the wise man is at home, His hearth the earth, his hall the azure dome.”

“All the elements, whose aid man calls in, will sometimes become big masters.”

“Through education comes understanding. Through understanding comes true appreciation. All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”

“From my experience let me say this: in today's world it is no bad thing for a politician to have had the benefit of a scientific background. And not only politicians. Those who work in industry, in commerce, in investment. Indeed, so important has it become that I believe we are right to make science a compulsory subject for all schoolchildren.”

“All art, all education, can be merely a supplement to nature.”

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”

“There are three types of men in the world. One type learns from books. One type learns from observations. And one type just has to urinate on the electric fence himself.”

“To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.”